 Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy Tragic Muse gives smiles ; thy Comic, sleep. With whate'er gall thou sett'st thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite. In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen,...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 440by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic...gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gall thou set'st thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; In thy felonious heart though venom lies,... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 440 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic...gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gall thou set'st thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; In thy felonious heart though venom lies,... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 454 pages
...bulk is writ, But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; t Thy tragic muse gives smiles, thy comic sleep. ^With whate'er gall thou set'st thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; In thy felonious heart though venom lies,... | |
 | Edmund William Gosse - 1891 - 462 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic...gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gall thou set'st thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; In thy felonious heart though venom lies,... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 440 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic...gives smiles, thy comic sleep. With whate'er gall thou set'st thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; In thy felonious heart though venom lies,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885 - 476 pages
...tympany of sense. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, 195 But sure thou 'rt but} a kilderkin of wit Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic...thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; *oo In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy ยง Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius... | |
 | John Dryden - 1893 - 236 pages
...tympany of sense. " A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, " But sure thou art but a kilderkin of wit. " Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; " Thy...smiles, thy comic sleep " With whate'er gall thou setst thyself to write " Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; " In thy felonious heart though venom... | |
 | John Dryden - 1893 - 194 pages
...tympany of sense. " A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, " But sure thou art but a kilderkin of wit. " Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; " Thy tragic Muse gives smiles, thy comic sleep. 190 " With whate'er gall thou setst thyself to write, " Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; " In thy... | |
 | John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 pages
...large bulk is writ, 195 " But sure thou art but a kilderkin of wit. " Like mine, thy gentle nutnbers feebly creep ; " Thy tragic Muse gives smiles, thy comic sleep. " With whate'er gall thou setst thyself to write, " Thy inoffensive satires never bite ; 200 " In thy felonious heart though... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...his play; And arrogantly, as his fellows do, Think he writes well, because he pleases you. DRYDEN. Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep, Thy tragic muse gives smiles, thy comic sleep. DRYDEN. Thine be the laurel, then; support the stage, Which so declines, that shortly we may see Players... | |
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